Shabby Miss Jenn

Tagged, Parties, Fun, Holiday...yada yada...

First off...I was tagged by the sweet and famous  Amy!!!!!!

1.  regular or diet soda:  I'm such a diet soda fan...I love diet coke! I think I'm totally addicted!

2,  salt or pepper:  My dh teases me that the food I eat is not salty enough! LOL But I just don't like things that salty..so for sure..PEPPER!

3.  hot or cold weather: Now living in awesome snow, I looove the nice dry heat of summer! No humidity for me. :)

4.  dogs or cats: Both...I love any animal.

5.  dieting or exercise:  oh definitely exercise...and up in the mountains for a good hike.

6. cooking or doing dishes:  Cooking...and I love my dishwasher! Yee haw!

7.  sleeping or shopping:  Shopping...but with my girlfriends! I'd much rather do that than sleep!

8.  Red Lobster or Outback Steakhouse:  Outback! Their steaks are pretty awesome!!!!

9.  classical or hip hop music:  Oh love me some LL Cool J! LOL I'd take either any day!

10.  dancing or playing sports: Hmm both..but I love watching our kids play.

11.  back rub or foot rub: Um can we say pedicures with the girls? I think it's our new monthly ritual! LOL 

12.  fruits or vegetables:  Both..I loooove some great watermelon but also love cucumbers.

13.  Grey's Anatomy or House:  Greys...For Mr. Dempsey

14.  coffee or tea:  Coffee!!!! Big time!

15.  curling up with a good book or a night out on the town:  Night out on the town

16.  straight or curly hair:  Both

17.  skirts or shorts:  Shorts!

18.  burgers/hot dogs or Chinese food:  Burgers! On the BBQ!

19.  vacationing in Switzerland or Mexico:  Mexico!

20.  sports car or SUV: A ride in the Bethinator!

K I'm tagging Susie, Lanne and Shar!~

Weekend was FUN!!!! Music in the park with a ton of our friends and their kiddies! See Matt and Josh LOOOVED it! Nice grass there too! :) Hubby's birthday..we celebrated it with family and friends Sunday and Monday! The guy was stoked and we had YUMMMY birthday dinner at the Wild Wild West restaurant! LOL See the horse buggies hanging from the ceilings? It's like an old museum in there! LOL Best burgers too! Yummmmmy awesome espresso pie cake..recipe follows..and memorial day cupcakes for the kiddies and their friends. AND! Finally got our Creative Craftin' Chicks logo done and fun items made..including shabby hats, tshirts, tank tops and our "CCC's in training" for our baby girls and little girls!!! LOL Thanks to my sweet fabric friend for that awesome idea.

I'm soo totally glad you all loooved Flea Market Baskets and Playground kits! They are quite fun!!!! Hope you all enjoy it and please please share your lovely pages with me! :) You just might receive a goodie or two if you do! :)

Sooooo, tons to get done here...cuz lots of playtime coming up! LOL tee hee!!!!! And if you really love your dudes and they happen to love coffee or coffee ice cream, this pie/cake will put them in heaven!  Until then...smoochies!!!

SMJ

Shabby Chic Flea Market Baskets!!!

I am such a HUGE Shabby Chic Flea Market fan! I totally loooove hitting those fleas and finding shabby vintage treasures! Okay soooo, these 2 new kits..just scream flea market! Well the SMJ Flea Market Baskets one does! :) Playground is a "lil" kit...wow..$2.99..but sooo cuute and full of vintage flavor! And..for a limited time..probably a day or so..when you purchase Baskets or Playground, you will get the matching Simply Quick totally free! Hurry offer ends soon! And soooooooo have a new freeebie for ya'll! Fun new Summer Desktop!!!! Perfect to have all your huge summer events in view! :) And totally don't forget about the awesome SMJ Creative Team pages amd here! Oh wow tons of inspiration from those fabulous chickeeees!!!!! Soooo have a gorgeous day and always make it shabby! :) xoxo SMJ

Have I told you lately...

...how much I love our Gardener? The man is brilliant!!!! Our lawns are the greenest on the block and we are taking him with us when we move. Our front and back yards basically end up as extra rooms in the casa because the lawns are like carpet! Sooo soft and so fun to play on! I pretty much unplug the tv when the weather is so nice and make them stay outside and play with each other and their friends. Just fun and relaxing!!!!
Sooooo looking forward to a relaxing yet eventful weekend! Tonight a ton of us...like several families....we are all meeting up at a cuuute park to listen to live music, eat and be merry and let our kids play together! One of the FUN treats during the summer. Should be fun and I'm really looking forward to it.  Tomorrow, there's a coooool rummage sale going on! Hope to find some shabby treasures! Saturday night, the Shabby Daddy is chumbing up with his buddies and they're watching this fight... Okay..sooo is anyone else's dh into this? LOL I keep meeting tons of girls who say their dh's/boyfriend's love this! LOL Should be interesting! I think I'll let the kids have movie night then...ooh that means I can rent a nice good movie for me too! We rented this movie last week....WILD I tell ya!  Maybe get started on this quilt....or scrap some pages. Sunday is going to be WILD and Monday..holiday! WOO HOO!!!!!! No school so we're all going to party! LOL Something fun! WE are soooo going to see this too!!!!! Johnny Depp is still sooooo cuute! LOL

Okay off to grab some goodies at the store for this weekend!!!!!!! Oh and the name we chose!  Creative Craftin' Chicks! And NO one picked that but I'd say 2 were close! Ashley and Amber! Soooo, for sure you both will get something!!!!  Also we will be using Dianne's idea..of triple C's...so our logo will be "CCC". Sooo Dianne, you'll be getting something too! :) So thank you TO ALL who helped us! It took us FOREVER to decide but I think the name is sooo befitting of us! :)

Hoping you ALL have one fabulous Shabbadelic weekend!:)

Smoochies!

Jenn

Credits-SP, Gina Cabrera, Nancy Comelab

Just blogging....

Otherwise ashley's gonna come find  me! LOL Love ya ash! Got some lil heroes here! LOL I looove finding costumes anywhere for the boys to play dress up! I think they are soo into it and love being superheroes! Josh is "Captain Josh" and loves to be the meanest pirate around! LOL

Soooooo thrilled to see AI tonight! WOO HOO!!!!!!! Cannot wait! I think Jordan is going to win but I hope Blake takes it!!!!

Just a few quickies...Go grab this darling kit!!!!  I looove it and made this with it.

And....go to Heathers' Awesome site.....LOOOVE her new kits! They are just yummmmy grub if you ask me! I was soo honored to be asked to be featured in her newsletter! Just awesome and her stuff always rocks!

Sooooo, hope you all have one fabulous day! Off to get more work done if these lil guys will let me! :)

Smooochies!

SMJ

Girls Day Out!

And what FUN we had today! :) First off, Happy Birthday to Ash! You cute thing..checking up on me! :) Just busy busy over here! And I meant to bloggie about AI! Because I am SOOO THRILLED that Jordan and Blake are the last two! OMG I think next week is going to be so much fun in front of the tube! :)

This morning, my sweet friend picked me up..in her HUGE car! LOL So I nicknamed her "The Bethanator" for the day! LOL It was our day long joke! LOL I think it's sticking too!

Anyways, we went and picked up another friend and headed to do some tag sailing! Wow! Really loaded up on that! And hit a HUGE neighborhood sale....like 50+ houses emptying out their homes and selling all their knick knacks and treasures! Super fun!
Soooooo, of course that wears out anyone right? Got some iced coffees and headed to the nail salon! And we got pampered with pedicures! FUN! And since it's summer now...pretty much...I'm living in sandals and flip flops! WE all got french pedicures and aren't our shabby toes just cute? LOL

After that, we headed to lunch and this MOST awesome grill! The place looked like a museum! I mean seriously, horse drawn carts, fire engines hanging from the ceilings! LOL For real! Tons of stuffed animal heads on the walls. I think we were constantly looking around as we talked to each other! In this place, who needs eye to eye contact? LOL Anyways, it was awesome! Yummy burgers and diet cokes! tee hee

Then...the bestest part...FREE COFFEES! At this FABULOUS coffee place! OMG it was to die for awesome! I got the Annihilator and it was way better than this place!

Soooo that's what I've been up to! LOL But....we have the HB fabric cut for the creative group name winner plus $20 GC to SMJ Designs...and I'll be posting that later on this week!

'Til then....as Sandra Lee says, "Keep it Simple, Keep it Shabby and always Keep it French Pedicured"! LOL

See I need some sleepies! I'm just goofy as ever now!

Smoochies!

SMJ

Credits for pic-Nancy Comelab, Heather Ann Designs, Gina Cabrera, Miriam Lima Gem Maker, Jennifer Pebbles, Shabby Princess and Gina Miller Collab kit.

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Just wanted to wish you all a happy mother's day!

Real quick...okay these Mother's Day Cards and thank you cards just rocked! Easy peasy with Missy Pebble's awesome swank labels! OMG Love these! I just zipped these out so fast and wallah..done!

And our Friday girls came over again! So much fun! We did decide on a name but I'll tell ya in a few who won. Anyways, the rest of the girleees finished their blocks! Sooooo cuuute! I think we all liked the pinwheel pattern the best. Anyways, such a fun project! Looove this kit by Tracy Ann! It just ROCKS!!!!!

And Mommies' Day would not be complete without a shabby album...This was just fun to  make! Hmm...might have to keep it for me! I have done so many albums but never kept one for myself. I am sure I can whip out more for all these mommies who need them! :) But looove this sweet album by SP! It was just soooo easy to make this!!!!!!! And I used these fab board books by this company! And just rounded the corners too! FUN!!!!!!

So please have a HAPPIEST MOTHER'S DAY!!!!

Smoochies!

Jenn

Some Sewing Fun....

Okay first off..this weekend I hit a huge rummage sale and got this adorable vintage petite sewing basket! How cuuute! And it was full of trinkets and treasures~I seriously always loved looking through my mom's vintage sewing basket...looking at all the old buttons, trims, pins, etc. That was so fun. So looking in this was really fun too!

How hilarious is this? We have a fun creative group of girls and we love to do something creative once a week. Okay ....so we are creative..and yet cannot think of a name to call ourselves! ROFL! I know! That's just messed up! LOL Sooooo, we need your help!! We need you all to help us come up with a name.  And once we find the name we like, the winner will get a $20 gift card to SMJ designs PLUS a goody bag of Heather Bailey's Freshcut Fabric! Yup! What a fun prize huh? Just because we are lacking creativity in the 'name' part! LOL I'm still cracking up at this! But hey it's your gain if we choose the name you suggest! Sooooo, suggest away!!!!! :) When we decide on one of your suggestions, I will post and contact you with the prize info. And suggest as many times as you'd like! :)

Thank you girleeeees!

Smoochies!

SMJ

Some Crafting Time!!!

Oh my goodness! First off thank you to everyone who came by yesterday and snatched the Cabana kit and lil trinkies! Um..my server went bazerrrko and so did my cart with all that traffic! LOL Um sorry! I left the sales up til early this am so hopefully you were all able to grab them! :) And THANK YOU! Ya'll who scrap with that Cabana kit, please show me! I rarely have time these days to cruise galleries..I know..pathetic..and I sooo wanna see your pages...So please email me and show me! :) TY TY!

Okay lots to jab about here so bear with me. If I go off on other things...well that's just me...and lack of sleep from playing all weekend and having fun! LOL  I almost slept through a sermon this am and well that would not have gone over well! LOL Buuuuuttt...totally have tons to talk about so here we go!

First off, here's the bloggie pic of the day! LOL MY sweet twin always says, while reading other people's bloggies, you just gotta look at something! LOL So here's something to look at...and it's pretty! LOL I used some of my stuff, some of Jen W's awesome goodies, frames by Nancy of course and alpha by Miss Gina Wina herself! LOL

Okay so bear with me while I talk some baloney to you all! It's good baloney..don't fret! LOL

First off....today we shopped a little! My first pair of RocketDog shoes! OMG Love them! Sooo comfy, totally hip and sooo comfy with no socks! LOVE THAT! Chris got a pair too..in the dude's section! Aren't these just cute or what!!!

Second...I loove coffee! Loove Starbucks! Little did I know that moving to a country town, there'd be cowboys on all the local cafe's cups! LOL For real! Isn't he one handsome cowboy? LOL Looove the small town coffee shops here! They rock and omg their sugar free berry muffins are my ultimate favorite!

Third...Friday morning, the girls came over to my shabby casa! What fun! The fabric crazy friend of mine brought all these patterns of HB fabric! OMG! I was drooling over them all cuz they are just soo cute!  She also brought over these INCREDIBLE sew-free quilt projects! Perfect for dipping my toes back into sewing! Remember...the past four years I put sewing on hold...I know I have forgotten stuff! LOL

Soooo, Fridays are our Creative Queen time...we are a group of really close friends and have yet to come up with a name! We are thinking we need tshirts or hats or something! Anyways, Fridays are the days we play...and our kids play too! And we do a lunch at whoever's house we are at! Sooooo this past friday, the fabric crazy girl brought these over to play with! OMG! Making a quilt block....and with HB fabric..AND no Sewing! My heart skipped several beats to even dream I could make something cute without sewing it! This fabulous company is where the quilting blocks came from! And my oh my....these were fun! I loved the pinwheel one the best! You basically stencil your pattern, score with a ruler and start tucking in your fabric pieces! I probably could have done this blindfolded..but seriously..is this just cuute or what! All HB freshcut fabric! And it's sooo going in Chayce's room on her wall! I might have to do one again too!

So seriously...to all of you who are crafty..and I'm assuming most since digital scrapbooking is such a sweet crafty hobby...get several of your favorite girls together, get some of these or any project and just sit and enjoy each other. It's amazing  how when you get together with sweet girlfriends, your kids enjoying their kids, how incredibly relaxing it is..how much more fun to connect with them while your kids are having a blast. Really really fun! I know I am soooo teaching them how to digital scrapbook! I know they wanna know..even though it can be so confusing to learn..but hey that's what friends are for!

So hopefully that didn't bore you all! Really...totally excited to be creative with new ideas and projects! Wishing you a wonderful day!

SMJ

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!!!!

Yes it's true! The newest and cutest kit, Old Cabana, is only $1!!! In honor of today! And all trinkets are $1 today as well! Happy day to you all!

Smoochies!

Jenn

Soooo....

..how about that Idol now? Okay I looved the rocking it out show! I looooved Blake and looved Melinda's cool Tina Turner take on her song. I still looove Jordan though and really hope she wins it! I guess we'll see. But now it's just too exciting!

Sooo, are these fonts just the cuuuutest? They are by Taran!  Seriously I had to test them out and just love how cuute they are shadowed and stroked. Yummy!

Sooo, this morning was a fun mommy group time! I get so busy and scheduled that I rarely take time to go and enjoy a nice two hour break from the lil dudes and chat with girlfriends. I mean we could sit here and discuss how fun, important, needed it is for any mommy to get a small chunk in her day that is kid-free. Nice thing is that they are in the other room with sweet teachers and are having so much fun with their friends..I mean how can I not go? LOL No really....love going..love these girleees who are my friends and looove chatting with them...about anything! LOL And the boys had so much fun...well it's all good!

See, I'm already a tad de-stressed cuz mommy had her fun today! ahhahah!!!!!